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i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios good morning. i'm chris jansing. right now, seven governors are about to walk into a meeting with president obama. they are both republicans and democrats. they all want to know how he's going to handle the fiscal cliff crisis. they will also meet with john boehner. boehner counter proposal yesterday. $600 billion in cuts in entitlement and $250 billion in changes in way the government changes inflation that would impact social security.
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let me bring in the national journal from the editor. good morning. i want to talk to you about this republican proposal saying republicans in congress want to get serious about asking the wealthiest to pay slightly higher tax rates. we won't be able to achieve a significant balanced approach to the deficit. it does have some revenue in it, even though it's not from tax increases. so what does this opening offer say about where we are in these negotiations? >> well, it seems very difficult to imagine that we're going to be getting to a deal that will handle everything that needs to be addressed before the end of the year. i think the first main thing that needs to be addressed is the question of the tax cuts expiring. and for the obama administration, the question is, is it in their interest to trade tax cuts for the wealthy? increase for the wealthy for
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raising the age for eligibility for medicare, for example. i'm not sure that that's a trade that they are eager to make immediately. >> let me show you the side by side comparison. the president wants $1.6 trillion in revenue and republicans want to cap the same deductions for the rich but republicans want to change the age to 67 and change the way they calculate social security payments. i wonder, though, when we look at these numbers, are we that far apart in. >> i think they are definitely rather far aare part at this moment in time. yeah, absolutely. >> so there are so many ways that any of this could affect the average tack payer, obviously if taxes go up. but what about funding to states and localities. i know that one of the things that they are concerned about is that when you make cuts, that essentially those cuts are going to come on their budgets. what could happen in a meeting like this between bipartisan governors and the president?
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>> obviously they will talk about more costs moved to the state. costs are being moved to the states and state budgets and most are not in a position to absorb additional cuts. >> it does seem like republican is holding on to conservative principles very closely. for example, the need for what they call a pro-growth economy, like senator ron johnson. let me play for you what he had to say. >> this president simply doesn't understand that and as a result he's going to punish success, put at risk the economic growth that we really need to create jobs, revenue that we need. >> this is sort of the talking point that we've been hearing all along. is there any indication around capitol hill that there is some softening on that? >> i don't even know what that means, putting -- basically, i believe that the argument is that only by decreasing taxes can you lead to growth. there is a lot of historical evidence that that is not
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necessarily the case. i think the issue for the gchop right now is whether the tax cuts expire for everyone or whether for only those with income over $250,000. >> let me bring in jim from the national journal. jim, we had a little technical problem there. let me ask you about what she said said. can anything be decided at all until a decision is made about who is going to have tax cuts expire if it's just going to be on the top, you know, 2% or if it's going to be on everybody and we're going to go over the cliff? >> i think that that's the big question. it's a question that the market is watching and it's clearly the big sticking point and if we go over the cliff, if middle class tax cuts expire along with the upper income tax cuts, that's going to be a much bigger bite out of our already struggling economy. it's been struggling for years
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now of growth. so we need an agreement that resolves that certainty and it's going to be able to allow for the littlest drag as possible on growth next year. >> does the fact, though, that the republicans have come out with this counterproposal, does it suggest that we are less likely to go off the fiscal cliff or is this more of a pr move on their part and they think they can sort of mitigate any blame should that actually happen? >> well, i think what we're seeing here is actual negotiations playing out. right? the president came out with a plan that was very far -- much farther to the left than republicans would be remotely be expected to agree to even after this last election. now the republicans have moved toward him with a plan that acknowledges that they are going to give up some revenues. they want to do it through tax reform. he wants it it through rate hikes. so, look, there's movement. the fact that there's movement should be an encouraging thing for investors and anybody worried about solving problems.
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but until they move all the way there, and that's the trick, negotiations are all fine and good until you shake hands on the deal. >> let me play for you what another congressman said this morning. >> for republicans to do everything possible to shield the millionaires and ba billionaires from that tax increase is the reason that we are stuck. the moment they let go of that, we have a deal. >> so, again, going back to that original point s. there any way that you see negotiation going where tax rates rise on the wealthy and the republicans say, okay? it's hard to imagine given what the president campaigned on and it was the one singular thing that he repeated again and again and again on the campaign trail, jim, that he was not going to let this stand, that taxes had to go up on the wealthy. is there any way you see him backing down from that? >> well, the president's been very clear that he's not going
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to back down on that. the republicans have been very clear that they are not going to back down on that. so someone is bluffing her or neither of them is bluffing and we're going to go off the cliff. i think it's likely -- there are a lot of scenarios here in which you can see a deal come to pass that actually works for the economy and works to resolve the debt down the line. maybe that means raising marginal rates a little bit but not all the way up to the expiration of the tax cuts to go back to the clinton era rates for the wealthiest americans. maybe that means finding a really creative tax reform that eliminates deductions almost entirely for the wealthy. these are possible see teas. it's hard for me to imagine that either side is really hoping to go over the cliff at this point because they both know what it means for the economy and they are both worried about making that responsibility. at this point it doesn't make any sense to suggest that you're the one who is going to blink because that's going to put you sort of in the underposition of
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the negotiations. >> let me switch subjects completely because this is sort of the provocative headline. new york city mayor bloomberg called hillary clinton and said you should be my successor as mayor. how do you think that conversation went? i think being a mayor of new york city gives you an opportunity to imagine things that are possible but not in real life. i can imagine how hillary clinton would be enticed to take on that smaller stage after her staging as the nation and the world for the last decade. >> jim, i wonder if she was flattered by it or thought to herself, i'm on the world stage here. why would i go and become mayor of new york city? >> i mean, everything i've read about sect clinton suggests that she's looking forward to a break at the end of this year. i don't think running for mayor is very conducive to that. it's not my idea of a relaxing
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time but i may be wrong. >> people are joking that mayor bloomberg looks tired. it's a big job. but the one thing she's been consistent about, she needs to sleep a little. great to see you. jim, thank you as well. meantime, the u.s. navy is denying iran's claim that it has captured an unmanned drone. they say that none are missing in the middle east. the news service reports that iran brought down the drone by electronic jamming. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. hurry in and try five succulent entrees, like our tender snow crab paired with savory garlic shrimp. just $12.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99.
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president obama captured 55% of the women vote to win
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re-election. the national organization for women is pressing for the president to appoint women to have of his cabinet. they say there are plenty of qualified women to take those jobs. i'm joined by terry o'neil who is president of now. it's good to see you. >> good to see you. >> 22 cabinets currently in the obama administration, eight are female. 36%. we know that there will be a shakeup as there always is in a second term. why do you think the women -- the president needs to appoint more women? >> well, you know, the reality is study after study has shown that when women have a significant voice, whether it's a country or a state or a county or a town, that in fact what you see are more policies that actually help everyone. so more spending on education and health care lessen spending on weapon systems. that's kind of the big picture. and whether it's nurture or
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nature, who cares. the idea is that women really need to be at the table and we need to be at the table in large enough numbers that the perspective that women do bring to the table will be heard and will have an impact. >> on the surface, it's hard to disagree with that. but in practice i'm wondering if it's that easy. obviously the idea is to get the best person possible and i'm wondering if it's realistic when you factor in who actually wants to be in public service, who can get confirmed, sort of who is in that pipeline. are there enough women even in the pipeline at this point? >> i don't think there's any question that there's enough women in the pipeline. you know, there are just so many women out there and we may not know their names, you and i. the public may not know their names but clearly women have been entering the pipeline since the 1970s. there are highly competent excellent public servants that
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are out there and whether they are knowledgeable and have the kind of skills and talents to be able to jump in and really do the job. i think that that is absolutely the same for men and women. there are men out there that maybe the public doesn't know their name but they are in there, they have been working, they are in the pipeline and they are qualified. the reality is, 50% of the qualified people in the country really are women. so we need to have a lot more women in these decision making positions. >> let me ask you about, for example, one specific. treasury secretary geithner has said that he's going to step down and he's one of the last remaining all boy's club at the top eschelon of government. christina roamer is said to be in the running, former clinton economic adviser, federal reserve vice chair woman janet yellen, all of them have been
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talked about. how big of a deal would it be for them to be appointed when this focus is just about everything? >> you know, chris, it would be a great break through. i think sheila bair should be on that list, too. she has shown extraordinary courage who, by the way, participated in running our economy off a cliff in 2008 and sheila bair was one of the people trying to slow that down, trying to really inject some responsibility and some sense of responsibility a into what wall street was doing. whoever is named head of treasury, i think that is the most important aspect of the treasury secretary, is to have someone who will stand up to the folks on wall street who are doing everything they can to undermine efforts to reregulate that segment of the economy. not having regulation on them, we know from experience, it can be disastrous to our economy and we need someone who is really strong.
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>> and there were reports early in president obama's first term, and i know that you heard them, that some female staffers felt out of his inner circle and that prompted more women to those appointments. how would you grade it thus far? >> it's been excellent, actually. not only in the cabinet but if you look at lower level appointments, he has had one of the best records of any president in naming women. and women from all different background and different communities to be in decision making positions. so, yeah, for one thing, he's done an incredibly good job in his first term. and, second, you can see that he listens. he gets this blowback from people saying that it's an all boy's club and doesn't play basketball, what does he do, he makes adjustments. this is a president who actually is hearing the voices of others. he doesn't do everything i want him to do, not by any stretch. but he hears and he does listen. so i think that he's going to
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appoint a cabinet that will be well represented by women. i fully expect that to map. >> n.o.w.'s president terry o'neill, thank you for being on the program. >> thank you, chris. democrats are not the only ones asking for more female in positions of power. let me bring in marsha blackburn. >> good to see you. thank you. >> john boehner appointed candace miller for house administration committee chair. is this sending a message that this is a party largely, frankly, of middle-aged white men and women are only going to be put in the occasional powerful position? >> well, i think that's a bit of an overstatement, don't you? i think when you look at elected women in the country -- and by the way, it's a bipartisan issue of not having enough female elected. i think the council says we rank
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80th globally. but here's the deal, when you look at the local, the state, and the federal levels and put them all together, republicans stack up really well. and four of the five female governors, they are republican women and you've got to take that entire thing. i think a lot of our women have a tendency to be in those local offices with those county commissions and those city commissions and serving them those school boards. and my hope is that we can get them to run for office at the federal level also. >> well, do you think that there is a perception out there that there's not an opportunity for them to move ahead? when i talk to women who try to recruit other women to run for congress, to run for higher position, the concern is that they won't have a significant place at the table. >> well, i think that that's always a concern. but you know, one of the things that i have found is that, number one, you don't have to be
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entitled in order to lead. and that is something that we see happening. women jump in and take the leadership role and they get in there and it's kind of the lead from behind and move to the front. they take the responsibility. they perform beyond expectations and by doing that they have the ability to change the debate. my goodness, look at what has happened in the tea party movement. every time i go to a tea party rally, i'm amazed. the crowd is primarily female. the organizers are female and i think that that bodes well for participation, grassroots participation and policy making participation. >> for many decades women have been involved at the grassroots. the question is, when will they be able to actually change policy and you can't, congresswoman, ignore the numbers. your democratic colleagues in the house will likely have five women of ranking members and on the senate side, six democratic
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side will be committee chairs. >> right. >> why do you think democrats manage to find qualified women, more of them, why not your party? >> there again, you will see women in positions at the federal level. they have had more women who have served for greater lengths of time and they have women that have had had more of a career in the political process. those of us who are conservatives, we sort of have a route through our lives. politics is not something that is a lifelong job for us. we have careers in the private sector. look at the women in the house. we have been marketers and teachers and nurses and we're education specialists and we bring all of that expertise to bear in the public sector and we're going to be moving forward. we're taking the reins as those subcommittee chairs, as vice chairman of full committee, as
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full committee chairman and our job is to get more women in congress so that we have more women who can take those leadership roles. >> congresswoman marsha blackburn, thank you for being on the program. >> good to be with you, chris. thank you. president obama promising not to use chemicals against their own people. the president says that the world is watching and the use of chemical weapons would be totally unacceptable. >> if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. syria says it would not use chemical weapons against its people under any circumstance. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference.
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or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano before and there'll be no gas. if you're a conservative republican you might feel under attack this morning. a series of events point to a growing concern over the right wing of the party. the conservative party group lashed out at the house speaker in an e-mail saying boehner was asking members to go back on their promise not to raise taxes on the american people. the house steering committee
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booted four for crossing the line too often, three of them tea party leaders. and freedom works founder dick armey has quit under what seems to be unpleasant circumstances. he has not said why he has completely cut ties with that group. i'm joined by karen finney and republican strategist and former gingrich campaign senior adviser, david winston. good morning. >> good morning. >> is it post-election nervousness? panic? what is going on? >> look, you've got this huge issue facing the country in terms of the fiscal cliff and there are a lot of elements to this and any time you're a majority coalition as you work to a policy slolution, there ar going to be solutions as in
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terms of the opinion. >> is it a kas sem? >> look, i work for newt gingrich when he was speaker so having dealt with situations like this. you're in the process of trying to put together a deal and a majority coalition to make that deal work and in the course of that you're going to have arguments. >> karen, conservative groups are slamming them. rarely in modern american politics have more counterproductive, more foolish words been set to paper. does this tie boehner's hands or does it push him to do what he thinks he actually needs to help his position in negotiations? what do you think this means? >> a couple of thing. i actually think there is a little bit of theater going on here. that's not to say that these groups aren't seriously angry at the proposals put on the table. but so are democrats.
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there's a degree right there already. but, no, i think it does sort of suggest that there's room, i think, for boehner. because, look, nobody on either send going to be completely happy. boehner has got to be in a position where is he able to come back and say, here's what i fought for, here's the deal that we were able to get. i think it does give him potentially a little bit of room. look, i think it's also an indication that the far right of the republican party has got to get with the program. if you listen to the rhetoric that we've heard over the last couple of days, it found merely exactly like the exact same conversation that we were having during the presidential campaign between president obama and governor romney where governor romney talked about closing loopholes. but that's not going to get us where we need to go. in terms of revenue, we have to put real serious revenue on the table and that's why the president is being more specific about this idea of raising rates which a strong majority of americans, which includes republicans and independents agree with. so the far right at some point.
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>> 60% in the exit polls. >> that's right. including 63% of independents. and you've got a situation also, the exit polls show that about 53% of americans thought romney was going to be protecting the wealthiest americans. the republican party's got to be very careful not to get itself locked into that narrative again. >> and that might be why, david, speaker boehner, majority leader eric cantor, kevin mccarthy are working to keep them on the outside of the circle as they negotiate this deal. do you think that's true? >> no. no. first off, having worked with the speaker for many years, he's got everybody involved in these negotiations and everybody knows what is he doing and what he's thinking about. first off, also in the exit polls, 63% of the country said they did not want to raise taxes to deal with the deficit. i think you have an electorate at this point and actually the number for raising the dollar
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amount over 250,000 when it's 47%, not 60. and survey work that i've done has shown that people prefer not raising rates if you can, in fact, either reform -- do tax reform or do it through loopholes and i think what the president has done, by specifically tieing the speaker's hands in terms of saying there's only one way to raise revenues is a lousy way to help someone come to a deal and help congress come to a conclusion. >> but that's disingenuous. the president hasn't said that's the only way. >> if you listened to geithner over the weekend -- >> as part of that, you have to be willing to raise taxes over top 2%. 60% of americans agree with that and are perfectly happy with letting the bush tax cuts expire for the wealthiest americans. that's just a fact, david. >> people would prefer it be done through tax reform, through tax loopholes, but also let me -- >> do you explain to them that by tax loopholes you're not going to get enough revenue to
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do what needs to be done? >> you are going to get to the 800 billion the speaker said you were going to get to. >> no, i don't think that's right, david. >> we have, again, our economists say we can get to that 800 billion. you have an economist says that you can't get to the 1.6 trillion that the president is trying to ask for. >> and republican math said that mitt romney was going to be president. >> now, that's a different dynamic. look, if you talk to other republicans, there were some other republicans that perhaps didn't have that level of confidence there but, again, i want to go back to this point. >> real quickly, david. we're out of time here. >> the fact is, the president and tim geithner have willfully taken a position that, in fact, in terms of generating revenue that there's only one way to generate revenue and that's through raising taxes and the president has been willing to raise taxes but through other means. >> karen finney, david winston, thank you to both of you.
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prince weilliam and duchess kate are expecting. today william was back at the hospital who is being treated for an acute case of morning sickness. there he was going in earlier today. let's talk about kate first. i mean, this type of morning sickness that she has been suffering from affects 1 in 50 women and occurs more often when the woman is expecting twins. how is kate doing today? >> reporter: that's right. we're told that she will be in there for a few days and after that may need bedrest because what they describe is very acute morning sickness. it's pretty serious and she needs specialized treatment. you mentioned twins. just to look at the front page of one of our england's most conservative papers, could it be twins for kate? now, we don't know this. this is, frankly, speculation
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and the fact that you get a headline like this shows you how excited the country has become but it is the case, they say, that in cases like this, acute morning sickness, twins are more likely. and there is no history of twins in the middleton family or in the royal family. so we don't think it would necessarily be genetic if it were the case that kate was having twins. but all the same, it's still possible. first, of course, she needs to get through this early stage, this difficulty that she's clearly having. having to go into the hospital. i can tell you that people in the palace tell me that for kate and william it really was a difficult decision to go ahead and make this news public. they didn't want to do it so soon, especially ahead of that crucial 12-week mark. but at the same time, they probably had to because the news would eventually leak and as you said, it's brought congratulations from around the world. >> and they have been coming from everywhere. good to see you, my friend.
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thank you. >> reporter: thank you. on capitol hill, a house hearing is under way to hash out the before, during, and aftermath of hurricane sandy. fema's administrator craig fugate is expected to testify. andrew cuomo testified yesterday. they have requested $79 billion for rebuilding projects. lawyers for george zimmerman have released this photo which they say was taken the night that he shot and killed trayvon martin. this picture isn't new but it's a higher quality colored version of one that's already been released. the image was recently turned over to the defense. zimmerman claims he shot martin in self-defense. flu season is under way and it could be a bad one. suspected flu cases jumped last week and this year's strain is making people sicker than others. now, here's the good news. this year's vaccine is well-matched to the virus and
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should take care of 90% of the flu cases. a rare positive side effect to hurricane sandy, the auto industry reports that cars have been flying off the lots. mandy drur ree is here with what is moving your car sales. >> car sales rose 15%. you were saying it. we had to see a lot of replacement of cars and trucks damaged in the hurricane. but at the end of the day it's contributed to the industry's best monthly sales rate in four years. for example, chrysler continued an amazing year with november sales up about 14.4%. all in all, if you put it all together, it totals exceeding most forecasts and hopefully also back up some of the forecasts that the revival of the industry could continue into next year as well. if november was a good month, this month has the potential to be even better as the replacement continues.
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chris in. >> from good sales news to bad sales news, new year's eve couldn't come soon off for champagne sales producers. they have gone down. what is going on? >> demand is eroding. bubbly sales is a festive but in the first nine months of this year, shipments of champagne fell 5% as basically the hard economic times in europe and also the cooling of the luxury goods boom have really taken their toll. i believe consumption is expected to get better going into the beginning of the year, new year's and popping all and all of that kind of thing. still, even with that, it's not going to be enough to lift overall sales from a year earlier. and what's really interesting, chris, is that a downturn in -- it really shows that this drop in champagne shows that champagne's fortunes are very closely tied to europe's economic health and to the
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confidence of french consumers who account for half of champagne sales. >> all those bubbly french people. thank you so much. who knew that half of champagne sales are in france. thank you, mandy. >> thank you. in the mood for a great burger to go with your champagne? food and wine is out with a list of best burgers. minetta tavern in new york city, in-in-out burger in california and michael's genuine food and zuni cafe in san francisco. there's a whole list on our website. raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me
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it's flu season and by now you know to wash your hands frequently. now a new study recommends touching your mouth and nose as little as possible. doctors say this prevents bacteria and viruses throughout the body. president obama is promising to work again to rally them as we near the fiscal cliff. twitter blogs, e-mail blasts, just yesterday the president invited his backer to a twitter town hall and now he's urging them to post their stories as well as their demands to congress on social media. let's bring in eric, associate publisher of social media magazine. >> it's good to be here. thank you for having me. >> the white house has said they've already gotten 200,000 responses to my2k and the reason they say that if the tax cuts
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expire. if you search the feed, did you find as almost as many counter comments as supportive comments. so it begs the question, is twitter a way to kind of unite an army of supporters? >> absolutely. technology is changing the art of persuasion. what everybody -- look at history. look at history just a few weeks ago. this guy won the white house with technology. we talked about it here before. he used technology to get re-elected. he used it to get in the first time. the only difference that he's doing this time that he didn't do the first time is he is making sure he doesn't tone down the machine. now for the very first time we have this issue that he wants the american public to weigh in on and if you think about the demographic, the president of the united states can come into the living room, a voter, up to 30, say, in their comfort zone and talk to them one on one and make an issue out of the $2,000. in their comfort zone, not on
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the network news, daily newspaper but in a very personal way in a way that are resonates with that demographic. i think it's going to be very impactful. >> the numbers are phenomenal. the president has nearly 24 million followers and 34 million facebook supporters. when you look at that my2k hash tag, you see a lot of conservatives going on with the counter opinion. >> the country is divided on it like a lot of things. we're not talking 60 or 70% of the vote when we're talking about election and we're not talking about some astronomical vote differential. to get people engaged in it, i think it's great. nobody has the right or real answer to what to do now other than we have a problem. >> conservatives are helping the
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president's cause, i wonder, because if you go on a cause that you think is friendly, if you support the president and go to my2k and then read these comments from conservatives that are anti the president's proposal, i wonder if -- >> probably, but it starts in washington d.c. everybody votes on -- it's republican or democrat and we vote on party line. we have a very big problem. that fiscal cliff, you know, that is real. we have some real financial issues that we need some real solutions for. >> all right. so presumably the president can reach his supporters online but can they reach congress? how do you take that and turn that into something that maybe has influence with the other side in. >> well, the thing about that is that the president is able to get messages to people who are versed in technology and participating in technology. the people participatory in
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technology know how easy it is to reach the people in congress. he's talking to exactly the right people, the people who know how to use twitter and facebook and e-mail. >> is there more to be done with this? is there opportunity for the president with those numbers in the millions almost limitless? >> it's almost limitless if he can will the vote his way. what will happen, you're going to see a lot more like this. he's going to do this with every issue now. >> you're limiting yourself in terms of who is social media savvy or not so much anymore? >> not so much anymore. if they are not social media savvy they are watching you on television or reading about you in the newspaper. the thing is is, you have to surround a decision maker in all areas, places that we're comfortable. i like the morning newspaper. my 20-year-old will never read it. when we do social media, we're getting everybody. >> eric, always good to have you here.
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>> always great to be here. today's tweet of the day comes from msnbc contributor dave weigel. at this point, i think the party is is being written with mad libs. ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. for a professional cleansing device? join the counter revolution and switch to olay pro-x.
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let's go down to the wire. it was only a matter of time. holiday lights to the tune of gangnan style. he put up 41,000 lights at his home in australia. everything is synced to his music. and a dog friendly christmas
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cake. they are made from special ingredients. dog owners love the idea because, of course, they can share dessert with their best friend. a baby elephant at the oregon zoo needs a name. the zoo wants you to help. you can go to oregonzoo.com. how cute is that. and a plane crashed and caused the immediate yoo to go crazy but it was just a taping for "chicago fire." but a tv station there reported it as breaking news. and then they had to go back on the air saying, sorry, it's not real. ouch. that wraps up this hour of "jansing & co." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. >> it looked real to me. who knows. chris, thank you so much. the slow drag of the end of the fiscal cliff, most parties would
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hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. topping the agenda, looking for a few good allies. the nation's top executive meeting with top executives across the country inside the white house. the president is is sitting down with six governors invited there to talk about president obama's plan to avoid tax hikes for millions of americans the. the governors come from states across the country, three democrats, three republicans, and among them, scott walker. this meeting is happening as the

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